Disease prevention -- what do you use?

[BC_MoM]

So titers basically tell you if a specific shot is really neccessary?

[.sarah]

I don't do anything. I don't see a point in preventing something that my dog will probably never get anyway. I do vaccinate for rabies though because of the law.

So titers basically tell you if a specific shot is really neccessary?

No, because a low number doesn't mean they don't have immunity. They can only tell you if your dog has recently been exposed to the disease and that their antibodies are working against it.

[wolfsoul]

Basically it tells you which shots aren't nessecary, but not which shots are -- it kinda sucks that way lol. But if I titer Visa annually and her results always come up with a low number, I KNOW it means she isn't immune, because she is around dogs shedding the virus all the time. So if her results come up low for distemper again, I'm going to give her a nosode -- but it's unlikely that they will. She gets out alot more than my friend's sheltie, and his levels are 1:15,000 -- he's never had a shot.